ERASMUS+ PLACEMENTS IN FRANCE

Julie Bagalciague

Agence Erasmus+ France / Education Formation

Magdeburg – 14th March 2017

FRENCH HIGHER EDUCATION- QUICK OVERVIEW -

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French Higher Education System

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2015-2016 academic year: more than 2.5M students (+2.5%)

French Higher Education System

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Nearly 1.6M students in universities

256,000 students in BTS (technically oriented curricula)

Nearly 86,000 students in CPGE (Preparatory Classes to Grandes Ecoles)

118,000 students in engineering schools

More than 136.000 students in business, accounting and management schools

More than 135.000 students in social and paramedical schools

Other : 226.300 (schools of art, architecture, private further education, etc.)

More than 1/3 of French students go on a placement during their curriculum• 34% in 2014-2015• Large differences among curricula (lowest: 15% / highest: 82%)• More placements among professionally-oriented curricula

Mainly a national scope• More than 2/3 of placements in the same region as the student’s HEI• Only 10% of placements abroad (lowest: 7% / highest: 26%)

Majority of placements last 2 months and more • 56% last 2 months and more (eligible to Erasmus+)• Eligible to stipend (large differences among curricula: from 20% to 85%)

Source: MENESR - Note Flash n°12 – Octobre 2016

Placements in France: data for 2014-2015 Academic Year

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ERASMUS+ PLACEMENTS IN FRANCE

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Total number of contracted projects:

Number of projects organizing placement mobility:

• 2014: 562 projects

• 2015: 551 projects

KA103 figures for France

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Total number of individual student mobility:

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Total number of individual staff mobility:

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Accredited HE Mobility Consortia:

Coordinators: local authority, professional federation, HEIs, HEI network, local education authority, etc.Composition:• Average number of partners: 4,7 (+ coord.)- from 2 to 15 partners• Typology: social and nursing schools, universities, catholic schools, engineering

schools, agricultural schools, etc. > thematic or geographical

KA103 figures for France

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2510

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2014 2015 2016

Call 2017:28 applications (assessing)

(4 consortia on International Credit Mobility - KA107)

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ANALYSIS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF ERASMUS+ PLACEMENTS IN FRANCE

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More career-oriented curricula• Well established professionally-oriented short-cycle degrees (DUT and BTS)• Creation of “Licence professionnelle” (professional BA) in late 1999• Universities must support students in their professional integration (2007 law)• Every university curriculum must have a professional characteristics• Growing compulsory placements in most curricula (engineering: compulsory

international mobility)

Specific legal framework on student placements• Already existing protection for students• Reinforced by law (2014 bill) > e.g. placement must be linked to a

degree/diploma, clearer learning outcomes, compulsory mentoring in sending and hosting organizations, access to same social benefits as employees, better financial compensation, etc.

French Higher Education System specificities

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New law forbids placements unrelated to degree/diploma: no student from a French HEI can go an Erasmus+ graduate placement.

Many ECHE holders• 1189 HEIs hold a charter in France• Heterogeneous group: universities, art schools, engineering schools,

nursing schools, high schools (for BTS degree), private institutes, etc.

Popular consortium accreditation… but a precarious balance• Interesting take up among institutional organizations (regional authorities,

professional federations, network coordinators…). Still strong in 2017 with 28 applications.

• However: some withdrawals in 2015 due to funding difficulties > Solution: French NA provided increased budget to consortia in 2016.

Erasmus+ specificities in France

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Thank you for your attention

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